Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-27
The CAPITAL.
The Contest for the Door keepership
Grows Warmer--A Hard Story
About the Present Incumbent.
Tne Texas Delegation Feel ToIeTsbiy
CGnfidaDS OF Securing The Election
of Nichols 60 the Positions
Tho United Staten Become Tenaat IN
Common Ia Land Forfeited By One
OF JainS Grantees.
TIE DOORKEEPERSHIP

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 AS the new
members Of the House arrive IN greater
numbers, the contest over the door
keepership wakes warm. The fight
against Donaldson is very vigorous
Just how strong in numbers the oppo-
nents ere or how well organized
cannot be known at this time
He simply expresses perfect conf
derce that he will be re-electtd
and claims shout q hundred who are
pledged to him or who he Considers Gs
good as pledged. There ere about Sky
five members in the city. This number.
is not enough to measure the sentiment
OF the House. BY far the largest
| proportion of that number are his
friends. There is three to five On the
otner hand friends Of Mr.. Hurt, who claim
| that Mr.. Donaldson cannot possibly be
elected, sud that g. large number Of mn
upon whom he relies viii go against him.
The fact of the matter is that
the fight mas become very
warm for Donaldson. Representative
Breckenridge is very open in saying he
will prove such disreputabIe case
against the present incum Dent that the
| House will not dare elect him. It is
| alleged that NJ. Donaldson forgot
to pay q certain government livery
| bill amounting TO over $ll00
although the appropriation Wss charged
| with it. Whether this is true or not your
| correspondent has been unable TO ascer-
tain, but cer.ain it liz the friends Of Don
aldsou raised The money and Daid the bill
Within the last few weeks. Congress-
tman Grain is backing Mr. Mich
Eos g, GnG tonight said thst his
man was sure Of election and that Texas
would capture the big siEecure. The
delegation excepting Massrs. Mills and
| L.nnam who were pleCged 10 Donald
son fore these stories we're sl at are
for Nicaols. Colonel Donaldson said TO-
| night be was preparing an answer TO all
| these by which re would prove his
| innocence.
Senator Raagsn's successor, ". H.
! Martin, who came near being safOcsted
by gas st the Arlington hotel Thursday
night, has moved into private residence
| in Grant place. He said he did rot blow
the gas ont, but turned 1t too far in put
ting out the lighS.
| Senator Reagan called on the President
70 dey. He has fully recovered from his
late illness.
| TEXAS PENSIONS.
| Special TO the Gazette. -,
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 The following
Texas pensions were Issued to-day ::
| Msxican war, Trevdnion Teel, San An
! tonio; Thomas II. TUckneSs, Thrifty;
Robert j. Tell, Devines.
| CARLISLE AND RANDALL TO MEET.
II 70 IL
| has ut last ADDRESSED letter to Mr.. Ran
dsll inviting him to conference upon the
| subject Of tariff legislation during the
| coming session. Mr.. Randall has replied
that he will be IN Washington Saturday.
SPARKS SUCCESSOR NOT APPOINTED.
| WA HINGToN, Nv 26 The attention
Of Secretary Lamar having been called to
the published statement tnat Judge Pail
lips Of Missouri, had been appointed to
succeed Sparks es Commissioner of the
General LznG Office, he said no detarmin-
alton hsd been arrived at rs to Sparks
| successor, nor is it known if Judge Phil
| lips would accept the position were il
! rendered him.
FORFEITED LANDS RECLAIMED.
| WASHINGTON, Nov 26-rhe Secretary
| Of the Ioteri9r has rendered decision in
/ ~
| Company upon vh'ch /. rule had been
| issued te show cause why certain lands
adjacent to snd c0-termiDus with the un-
COMPLETED portion Ct the msin line Of the
Atlantic aud Pa R ilway Company
whicn are inters cted by the line Of the
| Southern Pacific Cor paEy, should not be
restored to the public domain, Congress
having declared s forfeiture If the grant
30 the Atlantic and Pacjfc Company, as
to the incompleted portion OF said road.
Fhe Secretary holds that the effect OF the
Atlantic aud Pscf3 f01fei ure was to
make the United Safes tenant il COM
mon with the Southern Pacific Railway
| Company IS TO the common lands snd
| therefore ell odd numbered sections
| within the common limits should still re-
main in the reservation until partition
thereof has been made. The Secretary
| says if the mnsnY Is willing to accept
| the alternate sections he knows of no 90
| lection TO such q course, and il that case
The remaining section will be restored to